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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin consciens, conscientis, present participle.
Adjective
conscient (comparative more conscient, superlative most conscient)
- (obsolete) conscious; aware
1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, , →OCLC:As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnscientem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
conscient m or f (masculine and feminine plural conscients)
- conscious
- aware
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsciēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
conscient (feminine consciente, masculine plural conscients, feminine plural conscientes)
- Physically alert; conscious
- aware of something's implications or consequences
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Latin
Verb
cōnscient
- third-person plural future active indicative of cōnsciō
Romanian
Adjective
conscient m or n (feminine singular conscientă, masculine plural conscienți, feminine and neuter plural consciente)
- Obsolete form of conștient.
Declension
References
- conscient in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN